Pungente dardo (Jacquet de Berchem)

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• CPDL #21781: [ Finale 2010]

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-13).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1581 Gardane edition of "Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci." Musica ficta applied to cadences - all naturals and sharps added by the editor.

General Information

Title: Pungente dardo
Composer: Jacquet de Berchem

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1539

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Original text and translations

Italian text Pungente dardo, che'l mio cor consumi con tal dolcezza che'l morir mi piace; dolci fiammelle, che dei vaghi lumi uscite dov' amor sue stanze face, che fan dagl'occhi miei uscir duo fiumi pe'l gran desir che m'ard'e mi disface: porgete al cor afflitto quel che chiede, o morte prend'almen di me mercede.

English translation Sharp arrow, that consumes my heart with such sweetness, that I find death pleasurable; sweet flamelets that shoot out of the pretty eyes whence Love made his chambers and cause two rivers to flow from my eyes out of the great desire that burns and undoes me: give to the afflicted heart what it begs for, or, at least, let Death take pity on me.